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crack a joke
Idioms and Phrases
Make a joke, say something humorous, as in You can count on Grandpa to crack a joke on every occasion . This expression uses the verb to crack in the now obsolete sense of 鈥渂riskly pronounce鈥 or 鈥渂oast.鈥 [Early 1700s]Example Sentences
So imagine, if you can, enduring everything she has and being able to crack a joke that "Studying abroad will change your life."
He鈥檇 tell a related story, crack a joke and complain about his golf game.
He鈥檚 quick to crack a joke while describing his often-tenuous living situations.
Mallory was named 鈥渕ost serious player鈥 although she also knows when to crack a joke to relieve the tension in a tight match.
He thought he looked sharp until an older man stopped to crack a joke.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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